Prominent Catholic prof claims IRS targeted her

Audited after speaking against Obama – grilled on politics of groups paying her

Published: 05/15/2013 at 11:00 PM

(Catholic.org) Startling allegations are emerging in the midst of the Internal Revenue Service scandal. Dr. Anne Hendershott, a devout Catholic and a noted sociologist, professor and author, says that she believes she may have been one of the IRS’s targets. Hendershott claims that the IRS audited her in 2010 and demanded to know who was paying her and “what their politics were.”

Hendershott says she received a phone in May of that year in which she said she was being audited. A letter that followed on May 19, 2010 solidified the IRS’s request to meet her in person two months later in July. The professor told the Blaze that she believes that the situation surrounding hers was more-than-curious.

“The IRS calls my house and says . ‘I just wanted to let you know that we’re going to be auditing your business’ and I said ‘My businesses?’ and he said, ‘You know the expenses you take off for writing,” she recalls.

Not operating an entrepreneurial endeavor in the traditional sense, Hendershott was surprised she was being audited on business grounds. Hendershott occasionally freelances for Catholic outlets and for the Wall Street Journal – can this be considered a “business” activity?

Do you think Obama will be impeached over IRS scandal?

No, I agree with the NAACP's Julian Bond: The IRS should be commended for targeting right-wing racists

No, if there was any wrongdoing, Obama clearly had nothing to do with it

No, this will all blow over in a few days

No the media will draw the line at that prospect and protect him

No, the Republicans don't have the guts to pursue it, and the Democrats don't have the integrity

No, because no one wants to see Joe Biden as president. He's Obama's ace in the hole

It's no longer unthinkable as the charges and evidence mount

There will be a push for impeachment, but it will most likely fizzle out

Yes, he'll be impeached for show, but not convicted

Yes, what we've seen so far represents the tip of the iceberg

Yes, the fact that so much is coming out so fast means Obama's days are numbered

Yes, if Obama gets away with this, then targeting political enemies will become the rule, not the exception

Yes, I believe God is now opening the eyes of Americans to expose the evil that is Obama

Yes, and seeing Obama frog-marched from office will be the sweet end to an excruciating nightmare